ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2017
Sleep Duration and Telomere Length in Children.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.
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- Comprehensive Biomarker Assessment of Pesticide Exposure and Telomere Attrition in Mexican Children from Agricultural Communities.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Article
- Telomere length and chronotype among women in the California Teachers Study (CTS).Chronobiology international · 2024Article
- The Role of Telemedicine in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS): A Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Inverted U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and phenotypic age in US adults: a population-based study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Paternal Incarceration, Race and Ethnicity, and Maternal Health.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- The interaction of socioeconomic stress and race on telomere length in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Children who sleep more may have longer telomeres: evidence from a longitudinal population study in Spain.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- The association between sleep quality and telomere length: A systematic literature review.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2023Review
- Low Magnesium in Conjunction with High Homocysteine and Less Sleep Accelerates Telomere Attrition in Healthy Elderly Australian.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Poverty, Material Hardship, and Telomere Length Among Latina/o Children.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
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- Changes in telomere length and serum neurofilament light chain levels in female patients with chronic insomnia disorder.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Ischemic Stroke and Sleep: The Linking Genetic Factors.Cardiology and therapy · 2021Review
- Role of sleep deprivation in immune-related disease risk and outcomes.Communications biology · 2021Review
- Genetic, Environmental and Lifestyle Determinants of Accelerated Telomere Attrition as Contributors to Risk and Severity of Multiple Sclerosis.Biomolecules · 2021Review
- Secondhand smoke exposure is longitudinally associated with shorter parent-reported sleep duration during childhood.Sleep health · 2021Article
- Environmental influences on the pace of brain development.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2021Review
- Possible Association of Telomere Length With Sleep Duration. A Preliminary Pilot Study in a Sicilian Cohort with Centenarians.Translational medicine @ UniSa · 2021Article
- Association of sleep quality with telomere length, a marker of cellular aging: A retrospective cohort study of older adults in the United States.Sleep health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the association between sleep duration and telomere length in a pediatric population. STUDY
designWe analyzed cross-sectional data for 1567 children from the age 9 study wave of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a population-based birth cohort of children born between 1998 and 2000 in large American cities (population >200 000). We measured telomere length using quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and children's typical nightly sleep duration was reported by their primary caregivers. Using linear regression, we estimated the association between sleep duration and telomere length both in unadjusted models and adjusting for a number of covariates.
resultsWe found that children with shorter sleep durations have shorter telomeres than children with longer sleep durations. Each hour less of nightly sleep duration is associated with having telomeres that are 0.015 log-kilobases per chromosome shorter (P < .05). We found no difference in this association by race, sex, or socioeconomic status.
conclusionsWe provide preliminary evidence that children with shorter sleep durations have shorter telomeres. This finding is consistent with a broader literature indicating that suboptimal sleep duration is a risk for increased physiological stress and impaired health. Future research should address the limitations of our study design by using longitudinal study designs and telomere measurements, measuring sleep duration via polysomnography or actigraphy, and assessing the intermediate biological mechanisms of the link between sleep and telomere dynamics.
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